Andy Weir quote: "Just so we're clear, Mark Watney is who I want to be. He has all the qualities I like about myself magnified without any of the qualities I dislike. Mark Watney isn't afraid to fly."

I am not a brave man... I do not have the right stuff. Astronauts are really a cut above.
ANDY WEIR

Oh,” Lewis said, “well if you won’t let us then— Wait…wait a minute.… I’m looking at m...
ANDY WEIR

I don’t want to come off as arrogant here, but I’m the best botanist on the planet.
ANDY WEIR

The screen went black before I was out of the airlock. Turns out the “L” in “LCD” stands for...
ANDY WEIR

Maybe I’ll post a consumer review. “Brought product to surface of Mars. It stopped working. 0/10...
ANDY WEIR

To them, equipment failure is terrifying. To me, it’s “Tuesday.
ANDY WEIR

I guess you could call it a "failure", but I prefer the term "learning experience".
ANDY WEIR

Back in the days of Apollo, sending humans to the moon was the only viable way to get the scientific...
ANDY WEIR

A story in your head isn't a story. It's just a daydream until you actually write it down. S...
ANDY WEIR

Research into manned spaceflight is shifting from low-Earth orbit to destinations much further away,...
ANDY WEIR

My first book was so horrible I have deleted all copies of it. Thankfully, it was before the Interne...
ANDY WEIR

They say once you grow crops somewhere, you have officially ‘colonised’ it. So technically, I co...
ANDY WEIR

WATNEY: Look! A pair of boobs! -> (.Y.).
ANDY WEIR

[19:29] JOHANSSEN: When we pick you up, I will make wild, passionate love to you. Prepare your body....
ANDY WEIR

Tomorrow night, I'll sink to an all new low! Lemme rephrase that... Tomorrow night, I'll be at rock ...
ANDY WEIR

He’s stuck out there. He thinks he’s totally alone and that we all gave up on him. What kind of ...
ANDY WEIR

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don't wait for an inspired ending to c...
ANDY WEIR

Not enough,” Annie said. “The press is crawling down my throat for this. And up my ass. Both dir...
ANDY WEIR

The NSA?"

"Yeah, they called and offered to help out. Same software they use for enhancin...
ANDY WEIR

If someone offered me a free trip to the International Space Station, I would decline. I like Earth....
ANDY WEIR

There's nothing I would like more than to watch a manned Mars landing.
ANDY WEIR

I originally wrote 'The Martian' as a free serial novel, posting one chapter at a time to my...
ANDY WEIR

Thanks to our modern era, facts are incredibly easy to come by. A few web searches for your subject ...
ANDY WEIR

it required a crazy Ukrainian guy. ... “Svoboda” I said. “Condoms only cost fifty slugs. Why w...
ANDY WEIR

I don’t want a job. When I grow up I want to be rich.
ANDY WEIR

Hey, if you want to play life safe, don’t live on the moon.
ANDY WEIR

When flint strikes steel, it knocks microscopic flecks of metal into the air. The metal burns becaus...
ANDY WEIR

That’s the thing about crying yourself to sleep. When you wake up, the problems are still there.
ANDY WEIR

Problem is (follow me closely here, the science is pretty complicated), if I cut a hole in the Hab, ...
ANDY WEIR

Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and sh...
ANDY WEIR

If the reader is rooting for the protagonist, they'll forgive you just about everything else.
ANDY WEIR

Astronauts are inherently insane. And really noble.
ANDY WEIR

I'm even going to electrolyze my urine. That'll make for a pleasant smell in the trailer.

ANDY WEIR

You may be wondering what else I do with my free time. I spend a lot of it sitting around on my lazy...
ANDY WEIR

Designing a station with artificial gravity would undoubtedly be a daunting task. Space agencies wou...
ANDY WEIR

If a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. If a train crashes, people w...
ANDY WEIR

Elrond,” Bruce said. “The Council of Elrond. From Lord of the Rings. It’s the meeting w...
ANDY WEIR

Hell yeah I'm a botanist! Fear my botany powers!
ANDY WEIR

Just three words? Nothing about his physical health? His equipment? His supplies?'

'You g...
ANDY WEIR

The worst moments in life are heralded by small observations.
ANDY WEIR

Do you believe in God, Venkat?” Mitch asked.
“Sure, lots of ’em,” Venkat said. “I’m...
ANDY WEIR

I'm not talking about faith in God, I'm talking about faith in Mark Watney
ANDY WEIR

Hey,” Watney said over the radio, “I've got an idea.”
“Of course you do,” Lewis said....
ANDY WEIR

The planet’s famous red colour is from iron oxide coating everything. So it’s not just a desert....
ANDY WEIR

By my reckoning, I'm about 100 kilometers from Pathfinder. Technically it's called "Carl Sagan Memor...
ANDY WEIR

LOG ENTRY: SOL 381 I’ve been thinking about laws on Mars.

Yeah, I know, it’s a stupi...
ANDY WEIR

Live Another Sol would be an awesome name for a James Bond movie.
ANDY WEIR

I grew my beard out a little bit just to show that, indeed, I am a man.
JOHNNY WEIR

I'm a middle child, and I have a younger sister who is stunning - just beautiful and smart.
STEPHNIE WEIR

When you have an audience standing and screaming the entire way through the short program and cheeri...
JOHNNY WEIR

Creating emotion was what my career was all about. I wanted people to laugh at me; I wanted people t...
JOHNNY WEIR

I'm different, and I have to be a warrior to be that way. But I have had some success; I hope I ...
JOHNNY WEIR

I want to be judged by who I am, not what I am. I mean, I am Johnny Weir. Judge me the way you see m...
JOHNNY WEIR

I don't eat as much as an athlete should. I just don't like it.
JOHNNY WEIR

For me, I skate as masculine as I can. I'm not a big strong guy. I'm not interested in fight...
JOHNNY WEIR

Nobody gets lucky all the time. Nobody can win all the time. Nobody's a robot. Nobody's perf...
JOHNNY WEIR

In the 20 long, hungry years between my late teens and late 30s I bought in to virtually every new d...
ARABELLA WEIR

The booing and the drama help make the Olympics interesting, but at what cost? When will people fina...
JOHNNY WEIR

Nothing shocks me anymore. I've embraced men in thongs, I've embraced women with padded bras...
JOHNNY WEIR

I will be 60 or 70 years old still rocking my Chanel blazer with my hair all coiffed.
JOHNNY WEIR

Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls
BOB WEIR

I love skating and sparkling and flying around the ice, and people clap for you. It's an amazing...
JOHNNY WEIR

I actually had a Bobby Orr action figure. You could put the pads on him and skates and all that. I w...
MIKE WEIR

I'm looking forward to some more solo acoustic dates. That's a lot of fun for me, because I ...
BOB WEIR

I was accorded the opportunity to learn by failing - albeit at the cost of a few honourable teachers...
ARABELLA WEIR

I am an American man, and in America, we still think of figure skaters as little girls in pretty, sp...
JOHNNY WEIR

Love myself I do. Not everything, but I love the good as well as the bad. I love my crazy lifestyle,...
JOHNNY WEIR

I suppose being fierce is a very good thing, and a very cool thing. But more than fierce, I think I&...
JOHNNY WEIR

I design all of my costumes. I like to go out there and feel like I have contributed to every part o...
JOHNNY WEIR

I'm so excited, ... It's so rewarding after so many nationals and after coming back from Worlds and ...
AMANDA WEIR

I came into this meet knowing I had a shot at winning the 100 and 50. That was my goal, so that's wh...
AMANDA WEIR

Faster than you can blink, I guess.
AMANDA WEIR

I had one of my best starts,
AMANDA WEIR

The crushing, pitiful, and frequently just plain risible pathos of an unsuccessful actor/performer&#...
ARABELLA WEIR

Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And ...
JOHNNY WEIR

I have always had a certain aversion to heat. And for me, the name of the game on the stage is '...
BOB WEIR

I'm not commercial, I'm not for Special K cereal and I'm not a Wheaties boy; I'm a l...
JOHNNY WEIR

They're protecting an archaic industry. They should turn their attention to new models.
BOB WEIR

In spite of all the skills that I do have, to relate to the normal world I have no applicable skills...
JOHNNY WEIR

If, however, you have richer pursuits in mind and know that no woman should be judged by how she loo...
ARABELLA WEIR

So many people in the gay community have always asked me to come out, say it like it is, and help ou...
JOHNNY WEIR

My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad.
ARABELLA WEIR

I'm not ashamed to be me. More than anyone else I know, I love my life and accept myself. What&#...
JOHNNY WEIR

I was not great behind the counter. I had a week off without asking for it. Another time, we had a c...
MIKE WEIR

I don't want to spend my life on an ice cube.
JOHNNY WEIR

I don't know if I discovered I had any talent. It was dogged persistence. I had to have the musi...
BOB WEIR

My theory is that one needs to be loved completely, unconditionally, and unfettered by parental disa...
ARABELLA WEIR

He won as far as he knows his team is in the playoffs. It is an asset to know that. He has a place. ...
BOB WEIR

The jam band idiom is kind of the new jazz as these kids will be growing up with this music as this ...
BOB WEIR

Some of them come around once a week, some of them come around once every two or three weeks and tha...
BOB WEIR

I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vot...
BOB WEIR

We have no crystal ball to see what the Internet or wireless connection will be in the future. We wi...
BOB WEIR

I've had no qualms with shootouts, its what we have to do. We haven't played an overtime all year.
BOB WEIR

We just couldn't finish. We had opportunities, but no one got a lot of shots.
BOB WEIR

I shared the stage with Jerry for 35 years and think about him every time I pick up my guitar. This ...
BOB WEIR

We missed some opportunities in the first half, but we picked it up after the third goal. Using our ...
BOB WEIR

close to 100 per cent.
MIKE WEIR

Anytime you get men in glitter, it's a flamboyant occasion!
JOHNNY WEIR

Being in the public eye is part of what I do, and taking on a multitude of different projects - tele...
JOHNNY WEIR

This was a year when the Olympic team should have been bigger. I know we'll have a good team, but we...
JOHNNY WEIR

You just don't have the time to worry about what others are doing. You just want to take care of...
MIKE WEIR

The Grateful Dead played for three hours on a given night, plus sound check.
BOB WEIR

I really pushed for the event to come here for a number of reasons. One was that you heard rumblings...
MIKE WEIR

I love the Olympic Games. The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy, and that&...
JOHNNY WEIR

That's what we need, some guys that have done well at their level. I tell them they're far more adva...
MIKE WEIR

The future of Canadian golf is in good hands.
MIKE WEIR

If I can just keep playing steady and build on the momentum, anything can happen. I'm hitting enough...
MIKE WEIR

We're mainly trying to figure it out (based on who plays different) golf balls. I think it's importa...
MIKE WEIR

I got to work with Rachel Dratch, and she just had such a funny, roll-with-it attitude when she woul...
STEPHNIE WEIR

I've always had a loud mouth, and for that I've gotten a lot of attention. I did falter in s...
JOHNNY WEIR

My parents both had Oxford degrees, they read important books, spoke foreign languages, drank real c...
ARABELLA WEIR

I think I've gotten more attention after the Olympics than any other U.S. athlete, and it's ...
JOHNNY WEIR

This golf course, you miss a shot a little bit off-line, it's going to bite you.
MIKE WEIR

I'm an ice skater. I'm all about the glitter.
JOHNNY WEIR

We've got guys who are players and seem confident and that's what we need,
MIKE WEIR

I've never been invited to do 'Stars on Ice' before, which is the only figure skating to...
JOHNNY WEIR

In figure skating, your body can only last for so long. I can't be 50 and trying to skate but I ...
JOHNNY WEIR

Figure skating is theatrical, and a part of it is wearing costumes. My costumes were very over-the-t...
JOHNNY WEIR

I never ever wanted to change my sport... Figure skating was my outlet, it was my breath, it was how...
JOHNNY WEIR

To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my compe...
JOHNNY WEIR

I got into figure skating for the art of it, as well as the sport, and how much I love it. And, you ...
JOHNNY WEIR

I don't think anyone's going to beat him. So everyone has to compete for second place.
JOHNNY WEIR

His was like a vodka shot and a snort of coke kind of thing. Uh, sorry for all those drug references...
JOHNNY WEIR

I don't take on a project unless I know the end result is going to make me happy. If I can't...
JOHNNY WEIR

What if all tomorrow brings is ashes and glass, and I can't tell you child, "this too shall pass"If ...
BOB WEIR

Both Plockton and the Isle of Muck in north-west Scotland are incredibly beautiful. Sadly, Plockton ...
ARABELLA WEIR

I prefer to be left alone with my books.
ALISON WEIR

I was gifted with a life that was full of adventure. I've always believed, if you're gifted,...
BOB WEIR

In 1965, when I was fourteen, I read my first adult novel; it was a historical novel about Katherine...
ALISON WEIR

I think it is important for young people to see other young people on television doing something pos...
JOHNNY WEIR

All I can do is knuckle down, write something really good, and hope someone responds to it.
STEPHNIE WEIR

I punch left-handed.
MIKE WEIR

Anything over-handed, I do left-handed. Like throwing a ball or serving in tennis. Otherwise, right-...
MIKE WEIR

The best conversation with Stanley Kubrick is a silent one: you sit in a theatre and watch his films...
PETER WEIR

That's the special part about the Masters — the tradition they have. There's no other tournament l...
MIKE WEIR

I don't think it was anything Stewart or David did, ... We just got off to a hot start and from ther...
MIKE WEIR

There wasn't even a zephyr of wind. It was unbelievable. I can't imagine it being any better out the...
MIKE WEIR

I was never going 'I want a big car and a house in France' and all that,
ARABELLA WEIR

Does my bum look big in this?
ARABELLA WEIR

I can't write about my greatest mistakes because I've slept with most of them.
ARABELLA WEIR

I enjoyed Jonathan Franzen's 'Freedom.' Would I make that into a film? I think it's ...
PETER WEIR

Sticking to a diet required me to have a permanently low self-esteem. But happily, I developed other...
ARABELLA WEIR

There was a guy standing near the green with a red sweater, and I said I was going to hit at that gu...
MIKE WEIR

I'm just glad it worked out.
MIKE WEIR

If he falls three times, maybe, maybe someone could squeak by him a point or something.
JOHNNY WEIR

After three years, I tried to repeal the charter.
RUSSELL WEIR

The oldest (graves) are in the front, the newest in the back.
JANE WEIR

We found in the late '90s that if we didn't do a certain number of the old chestnuts, people weren't...
BOB WEIR

We're hoping for the best. The weather is supposed to turn and it could be a great day.
BOB WEIR

We weren't able to finish (Tuesday). Then we couldn't find the net in the shootout. We had our oppor...
BOB WEIR

Well, when I'm writing the music, I just follow my fingers, and follow the thread that hopefully eme...
BOB WEIR

musical personality into each group.
BOB WEIR

Brown-Eyed Woman.
BOB WEIR

Hell yeah,
BOB WEIR

Wireless isn't really great for speed or security. It's great to have wireless in areas where there ...
BOB WEIR

Steve is polished, he's a great arranger, and he sings in tune. Some people consider that trite. The...
BOB WEIR

The thing we had talked about was playing the ball to open space. This is the first time in a few ye...
BOB WEIR

We thought one goal would hold up. We just thought we had one earlier.
BOB WEIR

If you can just get in the playoffs and get by a match or two, I think you start to realize your dis...
BOB WEIR

These teams, the coaches and these kids - we all know each other. This is the third time we'll meet ...
BOB WEIR

That's where the best art comes from. Really, it's where all real art comes from and that's what I w...
BOB WEIR

At this point we have some material but I'm starting to wonder if we're ever going to put out anothe...
BOB WEIR

I'm very happy with the round. It was a great start. I made a lot of putts inside six feet. I just d...
MIKE WEIR

My wedge game and putting killed me. The greens got firm and I didn't adjust well.
MIKE WEIR

Figure skating is an amazing ride. It takes you from feeling like the lowest scum in the pond, like ...
JOHNNY WEIR

I've got to keep doing what I'm doing. I made every putt within five feet, which you have to do here...
MIKE WEIR

I'm just going to put my nose in there and grind it out as hard as I can this week and see whoever i...
MIKE WEIR

Everybody I've known who's ever got married on a small scale or on a big scale cannot believe the pr...
ARABELLA WEIR

I'm not conceding. I'm just being realistic.
JOHNNY WEIR

We really have to make profound changes. I'm really looking forward to working hard and diligently ....
ELIZABETH WEIR

The shot I hit into seven, it was a nice little draw 8-iron that almost went in. I hit a cut 4-iron ...
MIKE WEIR

I carve stone. I've got hammers and chisels and I carve from sandstone. I just did a big mural o...
PETER WEIR

I've always wanted to make a music video with skating and different imagery, something very arti...
JOHNNY WEIR

What if all tomorrow brings is ashes and glass, and I can't tell you child, "this too shall pass" BOB WEIR

Court life for a queen of France at that time was, however, stultifyingly routine. Eleanor found tha...
ALISON WEIR

In this martial world dominated by men, women had little place. The Church's teachings might underpi...
ALISON WEIR

I'm not one of the super long hitters, ... And I'm not really short. I'm in the middle. When I'm pla...
MIKE WEIR

Didn't hit enough fairways, that was the bottom line all week really,
MIKE WEIR

It's going to be a tough test. The greens are very fast and getting firmer.
MIKE WEIR

It's about getting back in my comfort zone and feeling good on the ice.
JOHNNY WEIR

A little more speed, a little more passion. I was very tired at the end, tripping over myself in the...
JOHNNY WEIR

If he falls three times, maybe, just maybe someone can squeeze by.
JOHNNY WEIR

His name is Camille - two 'l's. I think he's my evil side. When I skate badly, I blame it on my glov...
JOHNNY WEIR

I'm very, very elated that I came out and skated well. It was lovely, really.
JOHNNY WEIR

Realistically I don t think anybody will beat him unless he really makes mistakes.
JOHNNY WEIR

I just want to have a good time out there. I had no real expectations coming in, and now, sitting in...
JOHNNY WEIR

If he falls three times, just maybe someone could squeeze by, by a point or so. I'm not conceding. I...
JOHNNY WEIR

That's something that at the end of the day, I know even if I make everyone angry and say things tha...
JOHNNY WEIR

They were pushing me for my own good and for their medal count. I didn't appreciate it and I started...
JOHNNY WEIR

Having three first-time Olympians is a fresh slate and a new start. I think each of us signifies som...
JOHNNY WEIR

I could very likely wake up and feel horrible -- like Nick Nolte's mug shot. I could wake up like th...
JOHNNY WEIR

I missed the bus. They changed the schedule. It was every 10 minutes. Today it was every half-hour. ...
JOHNNY WEIR

There's so, so many pros and cons to the new system. Overall, the new system has made me a very stro...
JOHNNY WEIR

I've been touted as America's next medal hope. As long as I go well, I can't see why not. I will def...
JOHNNY WEIR

There are so, so many pros and cons to the new system. The worst part of the sport so far is no one ...
JOHNNY WEIR

I can sit up here and say I don't get it. There needs to be time to learn it. I think it was a littl...
JOHNNY WEIR

Being a third time national champion is really an awesome feat. I am really, really proud that I cou...
JOHNNY WEIR

My mom is getting drunk already.
JOHNNY WEIR

I'm so proud of the other two guys on the team. I'm usually not a team person. I usually don't root ...
JOHNNY WEIR

I've been landing at least one quad every day in practice. I want to do it, for me more than for any...
JOHNNY WEIR

Just so we're clear, Mark Watney is who I want to be. He has all the qualities I like about myself magnified without any of the qualities I dislike. Mark Watney isn't afraid to fly.

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Just so we're clear, Mark Watney is who I want to be. He has all the qualities I like about myself magnified without any of the qualities I dislike. Mark Watney isn't afraid to fly.

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